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Welcome to the homepage of DigitalFUTURES 2020 RV2 workshop!

In this workshop, you will learn to design efficient, compression-only shell structures using RhinoVAULT 2 (RV2), an open-source research and development platform for funicular form-finding built with COMPAS, the Python-based framework for computational research and collaboration in Architecture, Engineering, and Digital Fabrication.

We will use the RV2 plugin for Rhino 6 on Windows to explore funicular form finding through a series of hands-on tutorials and examples:

• Tutorial 1: RV2 basics and overall workflow.

• Tutorial 2: Force patterns and the Form Diagram.

• Tutorial 3: Force Distributions.

• Tutorial 4: Customisation.

In addition, you will learn how to extend the RV2 workflow with the functionality of other packages in the COMPAS ecosystem using basic Python scripting, and apply what you learned in a design project with real-world constraints and requirements.